
Originally Posted by
Tactician
It seems that this was intentionally done as some users have reported this observation.
Possible explanations are as follows.
(1) It was done on purpose to increase the amount of tokens spent globally (for instance, increase in panic, more rush, more bidding wars, more need to use the scout's list and/or the negociations' list, and so on, as many users that depended on first day 5-star 'nordgens' failed to get those).
(2) It was done on purpose to make the task of users who manipulated the Cup draw more difficult.